Automatic wireless wagon detection apparatus and method
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsMehul P. Bhavsar, John A. Dighton
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Abstract
A harvesting system includes a crop unloading machine having a volume measurement device configured to measure a volume of harvested crops, and a crop transport vehicle including a weight sensor configured to sense a weight of the harvested crops. The crop transport vehicle can receive crops from the crop unloading machine. The crop transport vehicle communicates the sensed weight to the crop unloading machine and the crop unloading machine calculates a crop yield based upon the sensed weight, the volume and a state of the crop unloading machine.
Claims20
A method of measuring and calculating crop yield, the method including:
- sending a signal via a first transceiver on a crop transport vehicle to a crop unloading machine;
- receiving the signal with a second transceiver on the crop unloading machine to detect a presence of the crop transport vehicle;
- harvesting a crop with the crop unloading machine;
- measuring a volume of the harvested crop with a sensor in the crop unloading machine;
- transferring the harvested crop from the crop unloading machine into the crop transport vehicle;
- measuring a weight of the harvested crop with a sensor in the crop transport vehicle;
- communicating the measured weight to the crop unloading machine;
- determining a state of the crop unloading machine;
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- calculating, with a controller, a crop yield based upon the measured weight, the measured volume, and the state of the crop unloading machine.
A harvesting system comprising:
- a crop unloading machine including a volume measurement device configured to measure a volume of harvested crops;
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- a crop transport vehicle including a weight sensor, the crop transport vehicle configured to receive the harvested crops from the crop unloading machine, the weight sensor configured to sense a weight of the harvested crops;
- wherein the crop transport vehicle is configured to communicate the sensed weight to the crop unloading machine;
- wherein the crop unloading machine is configured to calculate a crop yield based upon the sensed weight, the measured volume, and a state of the crop unloading machine.
A harvesting system comprising:
- a first crop unloading machine including a first volume measurement device configured to measure a first volume of harvested crops;
- a second crop unloading machine including a second volume measurement device configured to measure a second volume of harvested crops;
- a first crop transport vehicle including a weight sensor, the first crop transport vehicle configured to receive the harvested crops from the first and second crop unloading machines, the weight sensor configured to measure a weight of the harvested crops, wherein the first crop transport vehicle is configured to communicate the measured weight to the first crop unloading machine and to the second crop unloading machine;
- a second crop transport vehicle, the second crop transport vehicle configured to receive the harvested crops from the first and second crop unloading machines;
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- wherein when the first crop unloading machine is filling the first crop transport vehicle, the first crop unloading machine is configured to calculate a first crop yield based upon the sensed weight, the first volume, and a state of the first crop unloading machine;
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- wherein when the second crop unloading machine is filling the second crop transport vehicle, the second crop unloading machine is configured to monitor the second volume and a state of the second crop unloading machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.